McCraney approached the woman outside her home in the 9300 block of South Woodlawn Avenue at 10:30 p.m., according to assistant State's Attorney Crista Peterson.

He asked to see her cell phone to check if she was dating other men, Peterson said in a hearing before Cook County Criminal Court Judge Adam Bourgeois today.

When the woman refused, McCraney choked her until she lost consciousness, Peterson said. She eventually regained consciousness and ran away, Peterson said. McCraney then chased her down and allegedly choked her again until she lost consciousness and started having seizures, Peterson said.

The woman survived but prosecutors did not have an updated condition for her this afternoon. McCraney is a convicted felon and admitted to police that he strangled the woman, Peterson said.